Whisky: GlenDronach 15 Yr Old Revival Sherry Cask
Distillery/Brand:
GlenDronachBottling:
Glendronach 15 Year old Revival Sherry Cask
Region:
SpeysideABV:
46%Colour:
Old Sauternes
Review:
Tonight when I got home from work, I'm tired, I'm sore and I decided that I needed a nice dram to take the edge off, to absorb me into the world of whisky.
Fortuitously I have a steady supply of such whiskies, thanks to my wife and Master of Malt.
Tonight I went, yet again, for a distillery that I'd never tried before, which is the way I like it, something new, something different.
See the thing about me and whisky is that I treat old favorites like an old friend where you both know one anothers tall tales, you know about the one that got away.
You enjoy one another, you know where your stories are going to go and you go together like peanut butter and jelly.
You can also be a little bit too predictable.
This is why, at least for me, that variety is the spice of life. I'm always looking for the next new whisky to become one of my new old friends.
Tonight I was introducing myself to GlenDronach 15 Year Old Revival Sherry Cask.
Aged for 15 years in Oloroso Sherry casks for 15 years this whisky pours a lovely deep dark golden color that just makes me smile.
It's a typical sherry nose, dark fruits like raisins, toffee, chocolate, hints of vanilla and smoke (which is interesting!), quite an earthy feeling nose. Underneath it all is a faint aroma that is rubbery and the only low point in the aroma.
Time for a taste though!
Again it follows like a nice typical sherry bomb!
Raisins, toffee, chocolate, burnt coffee, wow some nice nutty flavors there along with some spices.
Mmmmm quite enjoyable.
The finish is long, dry and spicy with the burnt coffee and chocolate shouting out.
A very enjoyable and solid sherry bomb style whisky, a whisky that tastes more intense then the 46% abv that sits at, which makes me happy, it's more intense, but not in a bad way.
This is one of those whiskies that I'd totally go to when I wanted to introduce someone who's never experienced a really nice sherry whisky before, right before I move them to the Aberlour Abunadhs.
I've sadly yet to see this whisky for sell in Australia, but I'm willing to guess that this bad boy would be running close to $100 AUS if you could find it, which is a pretty damn good deal. Mind you at that price I'd still go with Aberlour Abunadh instead, but if I wanted something a little less intense I'd be heading straight here.
Nose: 21/25
Taste: 22/25
Finish: 22/25
Balance: 20/25
Overall: 85/100
Review:
Tonight when I got home from work, I'm tired, I'm sore and I decided that I needed a nice dram to take the edge off, to absorb me into the world of whisky.
Fortuitously I have a steady supply of such whiskies, thanks to my wife and Master of Malt.
Tonight I went, yet again, for a distillery that I'd never tried before, which is the way I like it, something new, something different.
See the thing about me and whisky is that I treat old favorites like an old friend where you both know one anothers tall tales, you know about the one that got away.
You enjoy one another, you know where your stories are going to go and you go together like peanut butter and jelly.
You can also be a little bit too predictable.
This is why, at least for me, that variety is the spice of life. I'm always looking for the next new whisky to become one of my new old friends.
Tonight I was introducing myself to GlenDronach 15 Year Old Revival Sherry Cask.
Aged for 15 years in Oloroso Sherry casks for 15 years this whisky pours a lovely deep dark golden color that just makes me smile.
It's a typical sherry nose, dark fruits like raisins, toffee, chocolate, hints of vanilla and smoke (which is interesting!), quite an earthy feeling nose. Underneath it all is a faint aroma that is rubbery and the only low point in the aroma.
Time for a taste though!
Again it follows like a nice typical sherry bomb!
Raisins, toffee, chocolate, burnt coffee, wow some nice nutty flavors there along with some spices.
Mmmmm quite enjoyable.
The finish is long, dry and spicy with the burnt coffee and chocolate shouting out.
A very enjoyable and solid sherry bomb style whisky, a whisky that tastes more intense then the 46% abv that sits at, which makes me happy, it's more intense, but not in a bad way.
This is one of those whiskies that I'd totally go to when I wanted to introduce someone who's never experienced a really nice sherry whisky before, right before I move them to the Aberlour Abunadhs.
I've sadly yet to see this whisky for sell in Australia, but I'm willing to guess that this bad boy would be running close to $100 AUS if you could find it, which is a pretty damn good deal. Mind you at that price I'd still go with Aberlour Abunadh instead, but if I wanted something a little less intense I'd be heading straight here.
Nose: 21/25
Taste: 22/25
Finish: 22/25
Balance: 20/25
Overall: 85/100
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